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J. P. JULIA. COPYING BOOK.

(No Modem Patented Jan. 17, 1893.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOHN P. JULIA, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COPYING-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,959, dated January17, 1893.

i Application filed September 2, 1892. Serial No. 444,885. (No model.)

an elevation of the book with the roller attached. Fig. 2 an elevationof the roller dey tached. Fig. 3 an elevation of the book with theroller detached. Figa a cross section on an enlarged scale on line fc,0c, Fig. l. Fig. 5 a longitudinal section of the roller and the back ofthe book. Fig. 6 a section similar to Fig. 4, with the inkstand inclosedand Fig. 7 a section similar to Fig. 4, with the book rolled upon theroller. Fig. 8 a cross section of a modification of the roller.

The letters a, a, represent the two iieXible covers of a copying bookinto which the leaves d', are stitched. rlhe covers a, projectrearwardly beyond the leaves as at a2, to form a contracted neck. Thisneck terminates at its rear end in a pocket d3, in which there iscontained a rod b. In front of such pocket, a strip c, of rubber orother elastic material is slipped into the neck between the covers. Thisstrip is of triangular shape in cross section and causes the covers a,to approach each other at the proper inclination from the leavesbackward toward the rod.

d is a hollow roller of wood, pasteboard or other stift' material andprovided with a longitudinal slit d. One or both ends of this roller maybe closed by the threaded caps d2.

Within the roller d, there maybe contained an inkstand e, a pencil f,and other writing utensils, such as a pen holder, pens, rubber, penknife, etc.

The inkstand may be provided with a longitudinal groove e', adapted toreceive the rod Z ,which thus holds the inkstand properly in place.

In use, the roller is connected to the book by removing one of the capsd2, and slipping the neck d2, into the slit d. This will canse thepocket d3, and rod o, to be received within the roller and a firmattachment between roller and book will now be elfected,because the rodis of greater diameter than the width of the slit. Y

To copy a letter, the leaves CL', are moistened as usual, the letter isput in place and the book is wound upon the roller (Fig. 7), when thehand pressure will quickly eifect the copying operation. During thewinding up operation, the triangular strip c, will cause the leaves tobe wound upon the roller without leaving any hollow spaces, which wouldof course impair the exercise of a uniform hand pressure. After theletter has been copied, the book is unwound from the roller and theletter is removed. Of course, copying books of this kind, can be made ofbuta limited thickness and after one book is filled, it is slipped offthe roller and the latter attached to anew book. In this way,the bookscan be properly filed away and the roller can be used upon an unlimitednumber of books.

. Fig. 8 shows a roller d, made of sheet metal and which is providedwith a bead. (Z3, .back of the slit d', for the reception of the rod b.

What I claim is:

l. The combination of a slitted roller, with a copying book having acontracted neck back of the leaves andarod at the end of the contract-edneck, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a slitted roller, with' a copying book having acontracted neck, a strip within such neck and a projection at the end ofthe neck, substantially as specified. JOHN P. JULIA. Witnesses:

A. JoNe-HMANS, F. v. BRIESEN.

